Natural and organic products have become standard in today's personal care industry, and as the beauty industry continues to want more and more green products, what is the chemist/formulator supposed to do besides becoming green themselves. Experts in the personal care industry will be present at Cosmetics & Toiletries magazine's Green Summit to discuss what it means to be green.

The event will take place in Amsterdam, the Netherlands on April 14, 2008, preceding in-cosmetics. The event will explore what it means to be green, including natural and organic formulating, the green supply chain, green lab practices and more. Learn tips from the experts on:

How to formulate with natural ingredients and screen for efficacy Natural preservation Calculating the organic content of a formula and understanding the reactions that can be used to process materials Choosing a green supply chain, joining sustainability programs and replacing synthetics Green formulating processes in the lab that can produce materials in a “greener” way And More!

The expert speaker lineup includes Tim Kapsner, a senior chemist at Aveda; Steve Schnittger, director of microbiology--R&D for the Estee Lauder Companies; Anthony Dweck, owner of Dweck Data; and James Clark, PhD, director of the Green Chemistry of Excellence at the University of York. The summit scientific adviser will be Johann Wiechers, PhD, owner of JW Solutions.